Polygon "Free" Shape unusable due to early exit

[Nadel]

How does anyone get the polygon free shape to work? I click to put down a couple of points, then it automatically stops creating the shape. I have to attempt to create the same simple shape with ~10 points at least 10 times before I'm able to complete the full shape.

[rob10]

You're likely accidentally double clicking your mouse when you're meaning to drop a point.  Try playing with your mouse click speed or with a different mouse and see if that helps.  If the mouse it getting older/heavily used it may be sending a double click even if you don't mean it to.

[Nadel]

Definitely not the issue, don't have any issues with double clicks in any other software. Tried https://mousetester.com for 100 clicks, no double clicks.

[Flappie]

6 hours ago, Nadel said:

How does anyone get the polygon free shape to work? I click to put down a couple of points, then it automatically stops creating the shape. I have to attempt to create the same simple shape with ~10 points at least 10 times before I'm able to complete the full shape.

I tried and I get the same behaviour when I click several times in a row quite fast. If you go slower, you won't have this problem. You need to see the line below the mouse when you click (I hope I make sense).

If you want to draw fast, the best way is to hold LMB and mouse your mouse.

Edited November 28, 2023 by Flappie

[Nadel]

I figured it out, the free polygon tool essentially has two modes:

1. click to designate points of the shape (ie, 1 click = 1 vertex)

2. click-and-hold to draw a curve (ie, 1 vertex placed for every N pixels the mouse moves)

 

In mode 1, as far as I can tell, you stop drawing by pressing escape (which also closes the draw tool, weird choice but ok)

In mode 2, as soon as you release left click, you are done editing that polygon.

 

BUT, you can go from mode 1 to mode 2. For example you can draw a squad with a single rounded corner. However, you must draw the rounded edge last because as soon as you draw the rounded edge in mode 2, you're done editing that polygon.

 

The bug:

While placing a point in mode 1, if the mouse moves a few pixels *while the left mouse button is depressed*, you enter mode 2 (but typically don't draw far enough to place additional points) then exit mode 2, finishing the polygon. For people with relatively high mouse sensitivity or not especially steady hands, this means that it is exceedingly frustrating to use the free polygon tool.

 

It would be great to see:

1. Mode 2 not immediately end drawing the polygon on mouse button release

2. Escape 1x to stop drawing, and 2x to stop drawing and close the drawing tool

3. Way to edit an existing polygon after it's initially created (ex: click the midpoint between two vertices to add a new vertex). This would be especially useful for drawing contested areas or control zones in campaigns, as right now I have to redraw the full shape every time there's a change.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Nadel

[Flappie]

You can escape mode 1 by double-clicking.